When you run down the list of issues the Oath Keepers are worried about, it reads a lot like a bill of particulars from the American Civil Liberties Union. The Oath Keepers don’t like warrantless searches. They’re upset that the executive branch has claimed the power to classify American citizens as enemy combatants, detain them indefinitely, and try them before military tribunals.

They worry that a large-scale terrorist attack similar to 9/11 could lead to the mass detention of Arabs or Muslims, just as Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. They worry about crackdowns on political speech, protest, and freedom of assembly. They are concerned about the Army 3rd Infantry’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, a military unit that is training to deploy domestically in response to terrorist attacks or other national emergencies. And yet the group is a frequent target of the left.

Oath Keepers was founded in 2009 by Stewart Rhodes, a Yale Law School graduate and a former staffer for Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). Rhodes, 44, considers himself a constitutionalist and a libertarian. His organization’s mission: to persuade America’s soldiers and cops to refuse to carry out orders that violate the Constitution.

On its website, Oath Keepers lists 10 orders its members will always refuse, including commands to conduct warrantless searches, to disarm the public, blockade an American city, or do anything that infringes “on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.” According to Rhodes, the group has about 30,000 dues-paying members.

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[4] Why The Oath Keepers are Under Attack: http://www.prisonplanet.com/why-oath-keepers-are-under-attack-stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers.html

[5] Oath Keepers Orders We Will NOT Obey Full Length Video: http://www.prisonplanet.com/oath-keepers-orders-we-will-not-obey-full-length-video.html

[6] How Will Military & Police Respond to The Systematic Gun Grab?: http://www.prisonplanet.com/how-will-military-police-respond-to-the-systematic-gun-grab.html

[7] Video of Oath Keepers Rally outside NH Courthouse over its mention in affidavit, and an interview with Stewart Rhodes: http://www.prisonplanet.com/video-of-oath-keepers-rally-outside-nh-courthouse-over-its-mention-in-affidavit-and-an-interview-with-stewart-rhodes.html